This blog is all about how I how used humor to remain sane while dealing with the insanity of a brain tumor the size of my wife’s fist. Why blog? To help other folks cope with serious health issues/brain tumors/cancer and give anybody wading through the muck of rehabilitation some hope or at least a chuckle or two. It will include a vaguely chronological story, books reviews, presentations to rehab patients, etc.

What’s
more important is that the article, written by Judy Peres, states that “Two
2012 studies found that people who suffer from sleep apnea are more likely to
be diagnosed with any type of cancer and more likely to die of the disease,
than people with undisturbed sleep.”

She
goes on to note that “More recent studies have found that men who sleep too
little or too much are more likely to develop prostate cancer, and breast
cancer patients who don't get enough sleep have a higher risk of relapse.”

More
importantly, “Now, researchers think they understand better how poor-quality
sleep directly affects cancer. Their findings, if corroborated, could lead to
the development of new cancer-fighting drugs.”

What
researchers? According to Peres, “A team from the University of Chicago and the
University of Louisville reported in January in the journal Cancer Research
that interrupted sleep can speed cancer growth, increase tumor aggressiveness
and dampen the immune system's ability to control early cancers.”